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Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss. The collection includes receipt, record
and ledger books, photographs as well as papers of Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III.

Biography

Joseph Moravia Moss was born in Philadelphia, PA on March 1, 1809, the son of Samuel and
Eleanor Titterway Mercer Moss. He arrived in California about 1850. He was a partner in
the banking firm of Pioche and Bayerque until 1859. J. Mora Moss was the first
vice-president and the third president of the San Francisco Gas Co. (later to become
P.G.& E.) and a trustee of the Sacramento Valley Railroad Co. in the early 1860s. In the
late 1860s, his business interests expanded to include the California State Telegraph
Co., Market Street Railroad and the Sitka Ice Industry. He was a Regent for the
University of California and one of the directors of the School for the Deaf and Blind.
In 1867, he married his housekeeper, Julia Wood. On November 21, 1880, he died at his
estate, Mosswood, in Oakland.

Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III was a San Francisco physician who served as Chief Medical
Officer of the 12th District (California, Nevada and Arizona) of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education. In 1919 he was promoted to Chief Associate Medical Officer of the
Federal Board for Vocational Education in Washington, DC. He attained the rank of Major
in the U.S. Army. His interest in art led him to become a lecturer on the subject. He
died in Washington, DC on April 23, 1921.

Correspondents

Major Correspondents

Borie, A. E.

Davison, E. F.

Haven, Howard

Ingersoll, E.

Meader, C. J.

Moss, Charlotte

Moss, John

Moss, Maria

Moss, Theodore

Robinson, L. L.

Schuchardt and Gebhard

Other Correspondents

Babcock, H. S.

Bacon, H. D.

Bacon, Jacob

Barrett, William G.

Barry, Miss.

Beale, Thomas

Beggs, W. W.

Billings, F.

Booker, William L.

Butler, James

Caduc, P.

Campbell, George

Campbell, William

Campion, C. M.

Carpentier, Horace W.

Chiffern, E.

Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888.

Coe, L. W.

Cogswell, H. D.

Cohen, Alfred A. (Alfred Andrew), 1829-1887.

Coleman

Cornwall, R. B.

Cowell, Henry.

Crane, H. F.

Crane, W. W., Jr.

Dana, L. L., Mrs.

Dana, N. I. J.

Dwinelle, John W.

Eastland, J.

Edwards, John.

Ellwanger & Barry

Enfs, F.

Fitz, Charles.

Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn, 1829-1911.

Fluit, James P.

Foulkes, Dupery.

Friedlander, J.

Fumhjelm, J.

Garboes, John R.

Gaven, D.

Greenhood, O.

Greenway, John.

Greer, Erskin.

Griffin, M. A.

Hagart, Henry S.

Hancock, Henry.

Harl, W.

Hartman, Isaac.

Haven, C. D.

Hawkins, Joseph.

Higgins, C. S.

Horn, B. C.

Huddart, R. L.

Hunter, William.

Inge, S. W.

Johnson, George C.

Kelly, J.

Laboude, J. C.

Lambert, John.

Latham, William B., Jr.

Lulop, B.

McCoy, W. W.

MacCrellish, F.

McLane, C. E.

McPherson, J. M.

McQuaid, J. A.

Mace, F.

Macomber, George A.

Magic, James.

Mallon, T. C.

Matson, Nath.

Meeker, David.

Mellus, Francis.

Mickle, Edward.

Miel, F. G.

Miller, E. I.

Miller and Houghton Co.

Mohun, Peter F.

Moore, H. H.

Moriarty, Mary.

Morrill, H., Mrs.

Moss, Delia F.

Moss, Emily N.

Moss, Henry N.

Moss, James.

Moss, Lucy B.

Moss, Maria.

Moss, Nellie M.

Murphy, William S.

Myers, J. R.

Nicholson, J. E.

Nixon, David W.

O'Donoughue, William K.

Ogden, R. L.

Oldmixon, George Scott.

Oldmixon, Corina.

Palmer, J. C.

Pauloff, N.

Peck, J. A.

Pettigrew, William J.

Phillips, Barnet, 1828-1905.

Phillips, Maria.

Pillsbury, E. S. (Evans Searle), b. 1839.

Pringle, Jas. Reid.

Purdon, James.

Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875.

Robinson, Lester Ludyah.

Robinson, Mary C.

Rogers, J. S.

Runyon, W. S.

Schmidt, Frederick C.

Shafter, J. M. M.

Sharp, Sol A.

Shearer, Arthur, Sr.

Silver, J. J.

Smiley, Thomas J.

Tappan and Starbuck.

Stout, C. H.

Strawbridge, George.

Telfair, Moody.

Thompson, J. D.

Tohle, M.

Tompkins, Edward.

Van Bruit, R.

Vinzent, Charles.

Wadsworth, William Romeo, b. 1807.

Waller and Moore

Warburton, Joseph.

Weissenburger and Scholoesser

West, John H.

Whitehead, J.

Wilkinson, Warring.

Wohler, Herman.

Wood, Julia Theresa.

Material Transferred from the Collection

Account book #295
Record book of imported commodities including newspaper clippings of current prices ca. the 1850s.